qbittorrent-nox - cant get tracker working

[b1ackmai1er]

Hi, I am running version 3.1.10-1

I am trying to setup it up to run as a private tracker.

It has installed ok and I am able to download torrents.
The web interface runs fine.
I have created a torrent.
I have confirmed qbittorrent loads the conf file.
I have set:
Advanced\trackerEnabled=true
Advanced\trackerPort=9001
I have port forwarded port 9001 on my router

This is my output when I run qbittorrent

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16/04/2015 19:05:47 - '/root/.local/share/data/qBittorrent/BT_backup/0ad11ed151d7ae99135ed83ec4e796bd074de6ec.torrent' resumed. (fast resume)

******** Information ********
To control qBittorrent, access the Web UI at http://localhost:8080
The Web UI administrator user name is: admin
The Web UI administrator password is still the default one: adminadmin
This is a security risk, please consider changing your password from program preferences.
16/04/2015 19:05:47 - The Web UI is listening on port 8080
16/04/2015 19:05:48 - qBittorrent failed listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: TCP/37358. Reason: Address family not supported by protocol
16/04/2015 19:05:48 - qBittorrent is successfully listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: TCP/6881
16/04/2015 19:05:48 - qBittorrent failed listening on interface 0.0.0.0 port: TCP/6881. Reason: Address family not supported by protocol
16/04/2015 19:05:48 - External IP: 58.84.162.0
16/04/2015 19:05:53 - UPnP/NAT-PMP: Port mapping successful, message: successfully mapped port using UPnP. external port: 6881
16/04/2015 19:05:53 - UPnP/NAT-PMP: Port mapping successful, message: successfully mapped port using UPnP. external port: 6881
16/04/2015 19:05:53 - UPnP/NAT-PMP: Port mapping successful, message: successfully mapped port using UPnP. external port: 8080

However, I cannot connect to the tracker. The external torrent client shows: http://58.84.162.0:9001 Announce error: Could not connect to tracker - Today 07:21:36 PM

I have port forwarded my webui can can access that from the external ip i.e. 58.84.162.1:8080 so I am pretty sure the port forwarding is working.

Any ideas what could be wrong? Is there somewhere special that I need to put the .torrent file? or the files themselves. Is there a log I can view?

[Peter]

Not a direct fix, but a workaround: use "opentracker". simple, easy, can be installed under 30 seconds.

ps.: Update your client, 3.1.12 is the latest.

[b1ackmai1er]

Unfortunately, neither of these is available in the repository.

Does qbittorrent-nox actually work for anyone as a tracker?

[Peter]

Never tried to be honest, but you can just download opentracker's source.
It's really tiny, and compiles under seconds.

[b1ackmai1er]

Thanks.

Unfortunately I am missing kernal headers so cannot compile.

[Peter]

Why would you even need the kernel headers to compile qBittorrent?

O.o